Input parameters for the simulation of silicon solar cells in 2014

A Fell, KR McIntosh, PP Altermatt… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within the silicon photovoltaics (PV) community, there are many approaches, tools, and
input parameters for simulating solar cells, making it difficult for newcomers to establish a …

[HTML][HTML] A review of simulation tools for thin-film solar cells

L Salgado-Conrado, C Álvarez-Macías… - Materials, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unlike current silicon-based photovoltaic technology, the development of last-generation
thin-film solar cells has been marked by groundbreaking advancements in new materials …

Design, fabrication and characterisation of a 24.4% efficient interdigitated back contact solar cell

E Franklin, K Fong, K McIntosh, A Fell… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells developed at the Australian National
University have resulted in an independently confirmed (Fraunhofer Institut für Solare …

Dopant‐free partial rear contacts enabling 23% silicon solar cells

J Bullock, Y Wan, M Hettick, X Zhaoran… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past five years, there has been a significant increase in both the intensity of
research and the performance of crystalline silicon devices which utilize metal compounds …

The concept of skins for silicon solar cell modeling

A Fell, J Schön, MC Schubert, SW Glunz - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2017 - Elsevier
Within (crystalline silicon) solar cell modeling, a skin means the thin region from the quasi-
neutral bulk to the actual surface or metal contact, including eg do** profiles, induced …

Zinc tin oxide as high-temperature stable recombination layer for mesoscopic perovskite/silicon monolithic tandem solar cells

J Werner, A Walter, E Rucavado, SJ Moon… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem solar cells have the potential to reach efficiencies
beyond those of silicon single-junction record devices. However, the high-temperature …

An industrially viable TOPCon structure with both ultra-thin SiOx and n+-poly-Si processed by PECVD for p-type c-Si solar cells

T Gao, Q Yang, X Guo, Y Huang, Z Zhang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We report an industrial compatible tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) structure on
solar-grade p-type c-Si wafer as the rear emitter for high-efficiency solar cells, where the …

Junction resistivity of carrier-selective polysilicon on oxide junctions and its impact on solar cell performance

M Rienäcker, M Bossmeyer, A Merkle… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the junction resistivity of high-quality carrier-selective polysilicon on oxide
(POLO) junctions with the transfer length method. We demonstrate n+ POLO junctions with a …

Nanoscale back contact perovskite solar cell design for improved tandem efficiency

GWP Adhyaksa, E Johlin, EC Garnett - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tandem photovoltaics, combining absorber layers with two distinct band gap energies into a
single device, provide a practical solution to reduce thermalization losses in solar energy …

Towards the efficiency limits of multicrystalline silicon solar cells

F Schindler, A Fell, R Müller, J Benick, A Richter… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this contribution, we present our recent results for high efficiency multicrystalline silicon
solar cells. Based on n-type high-performance multicrystalline silicon substrates in …